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Iv had coots take my hook bait in 14ft of water, I’m sure they go deeper. Tuffs can out dive a submarine. Iv fished a shallow swim and there were carp about but also a family of swans which were a nightmare till I found a 5ft ish area up against a island the only place they couldn’t pick up my baits, had 3 carp from that spot. A Dutch angler on YouTube had a underwater camera in his swim filming a carp feeding when a coot dived under saw the carp 20lb + and pecked it 😳

Just tied up a small bag filled with pellets and a rig with a hook bait, weighed it with a 3oz lead came to 4oz ish What surprise me was how much bait was in the bag after it dissolved

Keep going Elmo just takes time mate 👍 I got some outdoor work booked in, painting houses what weight iv put on soon falls off 🤞

Iv used a set of Dave lane JRC cork handle rods for years love them.... but the cork handles are the diameter of a five pence piece, in the winter cold wet and winding up for a big cast grip is a problem, gloves help tho. Got a new set of rods the handles are almost the same diameter but are made of full Duplon with a flared end great grip.

Richworth frozen tutti fruity back in the day had my first carp from Horseshoe lake on it low 20... god how we struggled on that lake.I kept the tutti put it on my key ring had it for years, used Solar Quench on a lake they loved it.... often wonder if a bait had no smell at all would it make any difference to our catch rate.... or are they put in to catch us 🤔

I had the same problem as you Simon in the exact spot on my JRC overwrap for my Stealth brolly smeared the stitching with a little seam sealer, as salokcinnodrog says and had no problems since.... that was over 10 years ago

The question is will he’ll notice there’s no Sonik name

He’s got a nasty grin in last pic

Pee on the bite .... or is it pee on a sting 🤔

Iv always used whiplash braid 👍 and I use Fox Exocet main line love it lol ... what annoys me about fox is there odd size swivels eg size 7

Found this on the eBay looks like the actor boat

Looks like there’s a big demand for the boat iv been following the reviews for a couple months. Il have a look around see if I can come up with anything.

I thought they were around the £180 mark..... just a thought can’t you get a little Sonic flag for the boat could get sponsorship from Sonic 🤔

Iv seen the Actor boat reviews on YouTube and if I ever was going to step over to the dark side that would be my choice for a 1st boat

Thanks all 👍 got a mate popping over with Fox submerge and he’s got the gardener one, il have a play with them. Going to use foot long leaders with solid bags. Loop to loop quick change style, give them a proper go only dappled a little with them in the past.

Iv just used up the last of my lead core can any one recommend a lead free leader brand

The match boys use scissors with 3 blades for chopping there worms up. ... I couldn’t do it iv must have got squeamish as I got older

Try the YouTube if you haven’t already lots of info there Very wise

Oxlease at Linear there’s a common in there that’s around 50 .... that’s if you can find a swim 🙄

The runs waters I fish has fish up to 50lb + and waters where the fish go to 20lb .. It takes under a minute to sharpen a hook, could make a difference between a fish of a life time and blanking

Sorry to hear about your situation Highy, hope it sorts itself outI.I made the mistake with a ex of explaining in great detail my passion for fishing, how it’s on my mind every day, how I can’t wait to get out on the bank etc .. it did not go down well, I swear she got a bit jealous and maybe even envious. Good luck mate

If somebody has got the money and manage to get a ticket you could get lucky and bag the fish of your dreams even on your first trip, good gear or bad, but if it’s not in you to question of why you did or why more importantly the times you didn’t in the long run you will fail.

Try Go Outdoors

Looks great I like the wrap that gives it a peak 👍

I was more of a Blue Peter fan.